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THE LONDON 'JOUttNALS. Toluix EXTRACTS FROM MORNING PAPERS, ,:31-CAX GPI it. '13*..3 It- appears by the accounts.of our Paris Correspond vuts, that the Court-party' its far , from being . satisfied With the degree to which it has--already trampled on popular privilege throughout the French monarchy, lAA that the fears of a certain faction Eire'most especi ally directed against the right of free discussion, the foundation and security of all other political enjoy ments. A report has been for some time in circula :tion at Paris, that the liberty of the press, in so far as the journals are concerned, is to be suspended Un iately after the close of the present Session. Such . Lit t rerigth and consistency has this rumour obtained, Aa•public mention has been made of the names of die three' Ministers by whom the decree is to be aloe& and of the arguments whereby it.is to be jus. Lifted. The three Ministers are Messrs. Corbieres, Nyronnet, and Frayasinous. The .ostensible five is, that the constituted tribunals cannot at. ;.pre *Sept discover any law which authorizes them to tasl ro effectually the lieentiousnese of public .writers , ow this we can well enough imagine might be a iiiison for modifying the, law as it exists, but by no Yiliatuf a justification of the proposed scheme for dis with it by a stroke of the Royal preroga:. ?ve.owever, many shrewd doubts are entertained that the censorship will be resorted to by the present Mnistry, for this reason among others—that the °ow- Site' parties between whom M. de Villele's adminis **ion stands, are ethployedin a manner less hurtful 61im, by the bitter controversies which they carry on s,. Aziiinst each other, than they would be if the Jesuits, wo recommend the censorship, were, by its means released from all uneasiness on the part of their reli. i.'pns and political opponents, and thus enabled to direct the whole of their fire against the temporal - it - Vernment of the state. To confeSs the truth, we enter but coldly into those elaberate subtiltiesthose 4Verwrought labyrinths of Court intrigue, with which tOst intelligence from the French capital, whether tSblic ca o n r n c o o t ii f d o e r nt ra t) t n o t r u e s ly to be understand embarrassed. er staiid whate solid advantage the Jesuit, or any other party, could propose to itself from compelling in a manner the at tendance of Duke of Orleans at that silly ceremo nial called the Jubilee, for which, it seems, his High ness' had not the wholesome, orthodox, and courtly sto mach. We are told that the istirpose of these vindic tive meddlers was to humble the Duke, by making him assist at laying the • first stone of a monument to the Memory of Louis XVI., on the spot where that unL fortunate Monarch had been murdered, and where the' Duke's father, by a just retribution, had fallen a vic tim to the partners of his own bloody disloyalty. It might, indeed, suit well with the nature of Jesuits, if they be, what they are so often represented by histo rians, a body of vindictive and malignant fiends, to shock the heart of an honest man by placing him in circumstances which must inevitably renew his anguish for the crimes of a worthless parent, and for their disgraceful . punishment ; but what po litical end would be served by such a monstrous out rage ? It could not give the Jesuits any absolute power over the Duke beyond what they already exer cised; nor would it fail to exasperate him more than ever, to employ his influence, be it great or small, against those who had thus' attempted to insult and shame him. We are aware, nevertheless, that the love of intrigue may become the unconquerable appe tite, independent of all calculations of profit ; and that the meanest and most despicable caprices have, in an age not very distant from our own, set in motion the most ponderous machinery which Governtnents could command, or which could, disturb the peace and threaten the best interests of society. Ouvrard, the oontractoroccused of corruption and rapacity in Spain, liiiCfurned, it is said, upon his pursuers, and menaced tjtem with certain disclosures, if they do not step in to lie has published a volume which is looked upon« comme une esp6ce do . menace fail au "'lliinistere de decoder tout ce qu'il suit, et meme ce " qk"fl ne salt pas, ai on ne se hate pas de le firer E' des mains de la justice." [MORNING CHRONICLE.] It appears from the discussion of Friday night, that the commercial navy of the United States, in point of tganage, is approaching rapidly to an equality with our ovAi,,,,`lt was stated by Mr. Baring at between sixteen said seventeen hundred thousand. Our own amounts to somewhat above two millions five hundred thou sand. But then America, in 1789, possessed only a tonnage of 279,588, scarcely one sixth of the pre sent amount, while, at the same period, we possessed two thirds of our present tonnage. Thus, then, it appears that the Lime is fast approaching when was Shill - beaSe to be the first maritime power in the world. It is useless repining ,at the progress of our Trans-Atlantic brethren ; we must reconcile ourselves to what is inevitable, But it is not necessary that we should shorten the period of our naval supre macy by injudicious policy, Now if any one thing was to be collected from tbej.)ebate of Friday ni g ht, it was that the stinie short-sighted poliey, which is now driving , our manufacturers to countries where higher profits can be obtained, is encouraging foreign shipping at the expence of our own. Our sapient LatidOwners,, by raising, artificially, the price of food heic,"ind depressing it on the Continent, have enabled the i people of the latter to build and to freight ships at vans far below those of this eountq; so that the IVlerchant has the stron,,,e'est of motives for ef9 4 o4):g forei g n, instead of British vessels. Last t ea./ 419. mem,. demand for shipping enabled the BritiA to find employment ; but it is obvious that in anremiipetition for employment between foreigners and" diA ellieS; the .former must obtain the preference• ar, i myer way we turn ou r s e yea we find the Lail (mem in our way. . We'.t+lluih yesterday to the disagreements which arc ivelt known to ekist in the Committee 'on Scotch Ba 4 , s ~ :. WI i?tlAer the origiel'determinatio n o f Mini :'' sterf,to_sippresslthe„One_ and Notes_of these esta blishments was judicious, it is not at present necessary to inquire; but we have no difficulty, from - what we have heard from veripUs . quarters, iii saYing that no evidence' hAs k As yet, beO li kaid' "before' thp Committee, to pit g : l , 4 :oow the aetentlitial , loll Qt . ,: Mniisters" Was r i g t ;or wrong. With . one. solitary exception, not .an individual has been examined by the .Com. mittea, -- except either "Directors or Proprietors of Seotp '13145, or clerks in ( 1 1 , 1 e.s9.,PstAblislunents ! Noi;, - .- . 4":,,wit it ,to .our, readers,ito say,,, whether ,t it 'Mill d <not ,be. absolutely : monstrous . to come to a , `EinlehiSioti on 'an important qµcstion,. affecting thelisst inareas bf all the'inhapitanta 9t.a greg divi sion of the Empire, from such ex-parte evidence ? Suppose a Committee were appointed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the monopoly of the Bank of England, what would be thought of the fair ness of itaproceedings,` if no witnesses were to be ex amined, except the Directors of the 'Bank of England, or their clerks? Or suppose that the' Irish Committee hid, instead of collecting a vast mass of the most valuable evidence from all sources and quarters, exa mined none but Orangemen or Catholics, would any man of sense, either in the Honourable House or out of it, have attached the least weight to conclusions drawn from the declarations of such witnesses ? It was proper that two or three of the managers of the Scotch Banks should be examined, that they might explain the mode in which they conducted their busi ness ; but it is no reflection upon them to say, that farther than this their opinions are not to be depended upon. We are not advocating the abolition of the one pound note., but we do ask for a fair, full, and thorough inquiry into the subject. Let intelligent men,, qualified to give an opinion on such subjects, or who have no interest either one way or other, be exa mined, and do not het the Committee . stultify them selves, and endeavour to die* and delude the coun try, by representing the evidence of interested indivi duals, as containing the only jut and fair view that can be given of the subject. r MORNING PosT.] Lord Charles Somerset has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope for the express purpose of meeting and confounding the slanderers of his character; and from the esteem evinced towards him by those who have witnessed his conduct during his long. administration at the Cape, we have no doubt he will effectually do it with credit to himself, and shame to his accusers.— Nothing certainly could exceed the general and une quivocal testimony of respect and attachment *shown by the inhabitants of the Cape towards his Lordship, and we believe it has rarely been equalled towards any public man in any country. OLD BAILEY, MAY 15. TEA AGENCY COMPANY. "William Goundry, aged 46, merchant, remanded from the last Session, stood indicted for obtaining, by ildse pretences, from John Bell and Nicholas Bell, a bank-note for the payment of 201., with intent to defraud them, the said John Bell and Nicholas Bell. There were other counts, charging the prisoner with obtaining the money with intent to defraud John Bell separately, and Ni cholas Bell separately. The witnesses were all ordered out of court. Mr. ANDREWS stated the case. John Bell,-4 live at Huddersfield, in Yorkshire. I have a brother named Nicholas. We carry on the trade of tea-dealers, but we trade separately. I ErAW a bill in the autumn of last year respecting a tea agency company. In consequence thereof I wrote a letter on the Ist September. My letter stated that I had seen a sale-list for the June tale of teas. That their company existed at 19, Fenchurch-street. It was a joint stock company, and there was a quantity of shares reserved for country-dealers up to the Ist of September. I put my letter into the Post-office myself, and directed it to William Goundry, 19, Fenchurch-street. We de sired to know if we could be accommodated with 10 or 15 shares. for answer he received the paper put into his hand. , Mr. Samuel Sampson.—This paper is Mr. GoUndry's hand writing. The following letter was then read, which we give literally, and to which was subjoined a prospectus of the company, wherein it was stated that the Equitable Tea Agency Company's capital was 600,0001. in 10,000 shares of 601. each ; deposit--11. per share. The directors ivere 'Wm. Dell, Faq., Nathan J. Goundry, Esq., J. Greatmex Marshall, Etipi John Pillin, Esq., and Wm. Fay. Managing Director, William Goundry; and went to state the attnazing advantages of the company : London, D of 9 month, 1825. Respected Friend, John have received thy letter of the Ist instant, requesting to have ten to fifteen shares in the Equita ble Tea Agency Company. I am directed by the directors to informe thee, that thou can be accommodated with that number, on paying the deposit of 1/. per share, either by post or through a banker. I am also directed to informe thee, that the tea sale commences to-morrow, and any tea thou may want for the next quarter, the order should be given emediatly, so, as to secure it at cost price. I remain, thine respectfully, . . WILLIAM GOUNDRY. To John 13eU, tea-dealer, 19, Fenehureh-street. Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Wm. Gundry respects to Wm. Bell, and advieies him to take as many share. as he can get, as they will fetch a high premium. I will take rare thou shall have them. The lists is now full, but I will take some from those who are nut tea-dealers i perhaps thou has forgot me, we had a Om of grog togeather at Budder*: fieeld, when I received an order from thee for John Nicholson and Co. Thou will save all the commissions by taking shares; thou may supply all thy countrymen all arround with tea direct from the India Company's Warehouses. W. G. John Bell.—The compauy was called " The Equitable Tea Agency Cumpany." Managing director, Wm. Goundry. johit Bell's domination continued.--I wrote another letter on the 12th of September, enclosing a 201. note. I had known the prisoner before, from his having represented the house of Nichol son and Co. ; but I did not know that it was the same William Goundry, until I received the prisoner's answer to my latter of the Ist of,September. My letter to the prisoner stated that the 201. note was for 10 shares for myself and 10 shares for my brother. My brother Nicholas had authorized vie to get them for bins. The following letter was then read, which also contained an invoice of two chests of tea, and two scrip receipts as follows No. 8,031 - to B,o4o—The Equitable Tea Agency Company. —This is to certify that Nicholas 13e11, of Huddersfield, has paid 101. deposit, and is entitled to ten shares in the above company. Entered fol. 28. . WM. GOUNDRY. Sept. 1, 1823. The other was in the same form to John Bell No. 8,031 to 8040. Entered tbl. 27 London, 20 of 9 month, 1825. Respected Friend, N. Bell,—Annexed I hand thee an invoice of two chests of tea. I think it will suite your trade : there is one more in the Lott; I would advise you to have it, and then I can send the warrant with it. As you seldom see the India Com pany's warrants, it will be a curosity in the country. I should have forwarded the tea befor if we could have got the warrant. The Company sale ended yeasterday : the price-current will be out in a day or two. Enclosed are two screp receipts for twenty shares ; they are properly entered in the books. Any further orders will be promptly executed, Please to say hou you will have the futuer tea forwarded. I remain, thine, respectfully, VILLiAIVI GOUNDRY. 19, Feuchurch-stmt. To Nicholas Bell, tea-dealer, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. John Bell.-1 wrote again to desire some further - information The following letter in answer was then read : London, 19 of II month, 1825. Respected Friends, John and N. Tle have a few minuets to spate, and will give you all the information in my power, re specting our company. In the first place, Is. per share was appropriated for the ex peaces in the formation of this company ; the following are the expences hitherto in cured. a. d. Soy ten thousand shares, at Is. each, is• - 600 0 0 To printing, stationary, postage*, reutsof counting houses, salarys, coals, candles, and sundry - S 6 3 4 £413 16 71 Which leave a ballance in hand of four hundred and thirteen pounds, sixteen shillings and seven pence halfpeny towards any expenses that may menu- hereafter. All the money is in hand except th e on e s hilli ng p er s h a r e s, and appropiatd to the pnrchaie of teas a t th e sa l e ; an d on no accoun t will any part of the capital he dispo se d o ff except for the purposes of the company, This company have the foll Owing adventg ovar all &Ler cum. purls. Ist. The directors are all practical wen, and have no sinecures. 2d. This company have no- titled- ottoman, or standing conn ect!, or soliaiters to eat up.the profits. . 3d. The managing director is paid accord'ing to the profits the subscriber receiv es ,. say 401. f or every 21 per the dividens. • cent. declard on The dividends for next two quarters will be 2i per cent. each quarter, after that time they will be larger. I fully expect to see them 5 per cent. each quarter, within 2 years from this time. This company have all way made it a principal n 4 to allow any of the shares to be taken on the Stock Exchange to gamble with, as the directors forsaw what distruction would come to the gambling companys• There has not been one single advartmnt in any newspaper - inserted by this company._l remain, yours re spectfully, • WILLIAM G OUN DRY. P.S.—The'directors request the hallances of the quarter's ac count may be paid up. Witness again wrote, and the following answer was sent to his brother Nicholas, .enclosing what the prisoner called the shares, one of which we copy : London, 2 of 1 month, 1826. Respected friend, N. Bell,—Enclosed are 20 shares, 10 for thy brother and 10 for thyself, six of each are left blank, so that you may hold them yourselves or any of your friends by adding the name and address, and forward them to me will be entered in the books to the person holding. Each share is worth in London 71. 10s. _ . I hope to-morrow to forward thy tees as money is scarce thing, better to. day. I shall not loose one hour that can be seaved in time, I am now examine all the transaction that have taken place during the panic and if any mistakes has occurred they (pill be emediatly rectified. I remain thine respects G OUNDR Y. Nicholas Bell, tea-dealer, Huddersfield, York. No. 9,001. —Equitable Tea Agency Company, No. 19, Fen church-street, London. • This is to certify, that Nicholas Bell, of Huddersfield, has paid 51., the amount of deposit, and is entitled to one share in the above company, the dividend to commence from the Ist of August, 1925. The proprietor of this share is also entitled to 25 per cent. on the commission on all orders given or procured for this company, from any person.or persons, not being shareholders—this privilege to go with the share when sold or transferred. No further call to be made by the directors without the consent of the shareholders, at a meeting to be called for that purpose. Vi'M. GOUNDRY, Managing Director. Entered, folio 28.—W. G. No. 9,001. The dividends are due on the lst of February, the Ist of May, the Ist of August, and the lit of November, and will be paid within 21 days afterwards. John Bell.—l have never received any profit . or advantage for those shares whatsoever. Cross-examined by Mr. 13nonnicx—I have had credit in the prisoner's books ;we have had other transactions together. lam not a Yorkshireman. lam a Scotchman. Ido not know Win. Bell, ES . q. I was caught by the calculation of profit. I thought I bad found a good thing, and meant to profit by it. I did not work the calculation, the 25 per cent. commission was the chief object. Part of the 201. was his brother's. Re-examined—The inducement was the 25 per cent. ; be be lieviNl the paper, and that all the shares were sold. Nicholas Bell gave evidence to the same effect. It was in consequence . of the letter and the bill that he was induced to part with his money. He went on the 28th off Mitch to the pri soner's residence, at No. 19, Fenchurch-street. There was a porter there, Goundry's name was on the door, and there was a small plate engraved, " Equitable Tea Agency Company." William Halifax Morgan—l know the prisoner, and became acquainted with him first In October last. I was hired, to re ceir•e messages and such like, at No. 19, Fenchurch-street, on the first floor. The prisoner was a lodger ; that was . the office. I was there about a fortnight, and my pay was Bs. per day. Se veral persons called. I was there from about nine o'clock until five. Mr. Goundry generally came every day, and was in and out there between those hours. Several persons came in to or der tea, but when any body came on private business 1 went into the other office. I never saw any body come there as a governor or director, or committee-man, except a Mr. Marshall. I was there a fortnight the first time, and was put on again on the Gth of December, and stayed with the prisoner until he was taken into custody on this charge. There was no tea ever came into the office. It was some time, in March that the prisoner was taken up. Cross-examined by Mr. Bannarcr.:—There was a counting house for the transaction of business. He had seen Mr. Marshall there several times. Mr. BRODRICK felt it necessary to make a few observations on the facts of the case as proved. The jury would recollect, that about the period alluded to, there had been a sort of mania for Joint Stock Companies ; prospectuses had been sent forth to the world, with names attached to them from the first noblemen in the land to the very Mr. Marshall whom they had just had before them; there were prospectuses with great men's names, officers of all degrees, standing counsel, solicitors, secretaries, porters, door-keepers, &c. ; but the jury would not be influenced by any thing that they had heard or seen, but from their judgment upon the evidence brought before them. What was that evi dence? Hail any representations been made to the Messrs. Bell? It was not pretended that there had been ; on the contrary, Bell bad applied to the prisoner, and had acted for himself. But if there had been any representations, thole representations must have been at York, and not in London. The Learned Counsel argued at great length on the facts of the case, and then took an objection—that the indictment alleged that the pretence was made to John Bell (if any was made), and that the note was alleged to be the property of John Bell, and in another count as the property of Nicholas BeU; whereas it was in evidence that the pretence was made to John Bell only, and no count set out that the pretence was so made to him; and that the 201. was the pro perty of John Bell and Nicholas Bell. After a very lengthened argument between Mr. Baonatex and Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CommoN Sznoaawr held that the objection was fatal, and directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner. Verdict—Not Guilty. This case terminated the Session. The Itscoonon then: proceeded to. pass sentence on the various prisoners that had been found guilty; and 'pronounced the awful sentence of death on the following priioners :—Francis Haman (for burglary); Michael Donovan,. Hannah Green, Elizabeth Thompson, Joseph Taylor (for horse stealing); John Oldham, George Tepper, Wm. Parsons (for sheep-stealing) ; Lang ley, John Yates, John Lee, John Price, John Goodwin, James Collins, James Francis, Thomas Cannock, John Grant, Robert Savage, James Binfield (for burglary) ; Thomas Grabbett, James. Johnson, and Thomas Woolridge. Wheu the prisoner Savage, who was convicted on Saturday with James Ifinfidd of a burglary in the house of Mr. Bigg, tower road, Islington, was called upon to state what he had to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him according to law, he said, in the most indifferent manner, " Why, gentlemen, its an awkward circumstance, but I leave you to settle it amongst your selves as you like." After sentence had been passed, and the Learned Recorder had observed that in all probability the greate r part of them would suffer the extreme penalty of the law, the . prisoner, Savage, again advanced to the front of the dock, although checked by his com paniots in crime, and said, "'D—n your eyes, old one, I hope you'll let me have another strand in the rope, and if the Sheriff lets me hang one minute snore than the hour, I'm d--d if I don't bring an action against him." Forty-five prisoners were sentenced to transportation for seven years, seven for fourteen years, and the others convicted to be im prisoned for various other periods, and two were ordered to be whipped. The Session was then adjourned. Late last night an order from the Secretary of State was re ceived at Newgate, respiting for one week, the execution of Wns. Jones, who was 'to have suffered death this morning fur a bur glary in the house of the Hon. Mr. Stanhope. that among the pl ans , almost numberless, PRODIGALITY OF Vl' 0 ItDS.—IS it not astonishing, of retrenchment and economy, which nave bi:en carried into so many departments,— commerce, revenue, manufactures, and even private life, in this niggardly age, no project has yet been devised for correcting one of the most pernicious of all kinds of profusion, the prodigality of words? The baneful effects along debates is beginning to be felt and acknowledged. The constitutions of our public men are sinking under the exhausting influence of these protracted con tests. The two greatest Statesmen of the last age, both fell vic tims to them. More lately, we have seen another public man, certainly of no ordinary powers, se: worried by his Parliamentary duties, as that, in the opinion of his friends, the faculties of his mind were extinguished by the excessive exertions which those duties imp ose d. And yet, although life and reason arm, thus endangered, notwithstanding the repeated imprison meti of our Senators for six, eight, and even twelve hours, at Oldie businees within the walls of Parliament, time is yet wanted for transacting all the affairs of the nation. It is now an annual complai nt , ma d e at th e close of every ses s i on , t h at mean sures of gre a t p u b lic moment are postponed for want o f t i me. Great expellee of leisure, mind, and money, is incu rre d ; a bill goes through its pr e liminary stages , delayed from week to week to give pla ce to other measures of still more pre ss i ng i nteres t ; there is no neglect in those who prepare and conduct it ; there is no indolence or apathy in the House of Parliament ; every mo ment of disposabl e time is occupied, and the bill having reached nearly its last period, is withdrawn or lost, because there is no time left to give it a full and final examination ; or it is sent to the other Hou se , w • here it rejec ted for the same reason....-Btack wood's Magazine. LAW INTELLIGENCE. • SERGEANT'S INN, MAT 15. • ' IMPORTANT LEGAL QUESTION.-WAKELEY V. MILLARD. Li this case a proceeding. was had before Mr. Justice PARK, in which the plaintiff was required to show cause ]why the de fendant shOuld not be allowed to defend in forma] pauperis. It was an action brought ,by Wakeley, the Editor of The Lancet, against Ann Millard, a widow, to recover damages for a libel pub lished by her respecting him. Several actions have been brought for this libel against a number of booksellers, and the circum stances from which it arose, it appears, were as follow : The late husband of the defendant was formerly superintendent of the Theatre of Anatomy of St. Thomas's Hospital, in the Borough. One Of the duties of the situation was to receive the subjects brought by the " resurrection men," and, in behalf of the students, and of the medical professors of the hospital, then Mr. Green, and Sir Astley Cooper, to negociate with them for the purchase. In 1820 a rival school of anatomy raised its head in the Borough for summer lectures by a Mr. Grainger, which was so very successful, that it excited much jealousy and apprehen sion in some of the other schools with respect to the abate ment of the number of pupils. Millard was discharged in 1822 from his situation at St. Thomas's Hospital, without hav ing heard of any complaint against him. He soon afterwards engaged with Mr. Grainger, as superintendent of the school of Anatomy, at the head of which that gentleman was. It was al leged in the libel, that the services of Millard were received with jealousy; and that upon a sham appointment to superintend the removal of a subject from the London Hospital he was entrapped as a resurrectiori-man, taken before a magistrate, prosecuted with rigour, and committed to Coldbath-fields prison under the Va grant Act. The consequence of this imprisonment upon his mind was, that it increased his previous ill health, and at length brought him to his grave. He left a wife and six children unprovided for ; his widow, whether justly or unjustly, de clared the imprisonment of her husband to be the result of a combination, and pursued all whom she chose to conceive were parties to it. She carried some of her documents to Mr. Wakeley, the Editor of the Lancet, and he promised in one of the numbers of that work to publish them. He, how ever, did not perform that promise, and she published a nar rative, in which was contained the libel in question. In it a number of the most respectable . practitioners were accused of having persecuted her husband " unto death." Others were assailed with charges of peculating and misapplying public funds, and statements were made respecting the mode of procuring subjects for anatomical theatres, which if true, it would have been better to have withheld. Amongst others, the plaintiff is charged as having joined her husband's persecutors; and she republished the report of a trial,. in which he brought an action against the Hope Insurance Company, to recover the value of some property destroyed by the burning of his house in Argyll-street, in August, 1820. This republication, with some reMarks, containing serious accusations, formed the chief ground of the action. An affidavit was now put in from the defendant, iu which she deposed that she was not worth Si. after the payment of her debts, and prayed to be allowed to defend the suit in forma pauperis. Mr. Lorry appeared in behalf of the plaintiff, and opposed the prayer of the petition. He cited the opinion of Mr. Baron Bul lock, who, in his work on the Law of Costs, page 229, edition 1810, says, that a defendant in a civil action is never allowed to defend it as a pauper. Mr. BLACTIFORD, in behalf of the defendant, said he should be able to prove that she was entitled to be defended in fornui pau peris. It would be most singular in principle if a subject were allowed to do a voluntary act, or to sue in formil pauperis, whilst he might be dragged before the Court, and not allowed any defence, if he had not the means of defraying the fees of Court. But in the case of " Rex v. Wright," 2d Stra. 1041, it was said, " It is a singular favour to admit a defendant a pauper, but if such a defendant will plead a dilatory plea, the Court will dispauper bum" In Viner's Abridgment it was said, " A de fendant cannot be admitted in formes pauperis without first mov ing the Court, by a late rule." The Qd of Geo. 11. cap. 28, en acts, " That persons arrested on a copies, or information, re lating to the Customs, may be admitted to defend in fornsd pan peris." The principle was then recognised by statute, though that of the 11th of Henry VII. cap. 12, enabled persons to sue as paupers, but did not name defendants. Mr. Justice PARK..--I cannot take Viner's Abridgment. I must be governed by the latest authority—that of Mr. Baron Hullock, who is alive and well now, and will, I hope, long con tinue so. I see here, he says, a defendant in a civil action cannot be admitted to defend in funnel pauperis, because no person can he admitted to see or defend as a pauper but under some act of Parliament, and the statutes of the Ilth and 23d of Henry VIII. contain no provision on behalf of the defendant, but merely ena bles the plaintiff to sue in that form ; and if the Courts had a dis cretionary power, without the authority of a statute, to admit e in by a someconstitu tional gen tlemen who took an interest in the case, and hand e d to M. persons iu civil suits to proceed in forma pauperis, th e y w ou ld, i n d rat r y t r u c pin effect, possesi a power of dispensing, in many instan ces , w ith pointu bje of ft view, being a considered petitionllan one l of teen the operations of statutes relative to costs. This is quit e c l ear . Times Hume, with a request that he would present it to the House of Commons. Mr. Hume, considering it a question of law, has put the peti ion into the hands of the Attorney-Gen., with whom it new lies. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Yesterday a young man of fashionalle appearance, who gave his name Thomas Berry, was was brought to this office, and placed at the bar before Mr. Roe, the sitting Magistrate, charged upon suspicion of having appro priated to his own use, or in some unlawful way disposed of, a valuable horse and gig, the property of a lady named Lachin, siding in Piccadilly. It appeared that the prisoner, whO had formerly been in the army serving in India, by some means or other got very deeply into the debt of Mrs. Lachin, some time ago, to the amount of some hundreds of pounds, for which, however, the accepted bills of exchange, payable at different periods; those bills Mrs. Lachin passed away into other hands, and as regularly as they became due so regularly were they dishonoured. The holders of the bills, however, to secure as much as they could from the prisoner, seized upon, ,by execution, all they could lay hands on belonging to him, .'and amongst other things, the horse and gig in question. The • whole were sold by public auction, but they produced nothing near the amount of the prisoner's acceptances. Mrs. Lachin attended the sale, and purchased some of the articles set up, and amongst them she pur chased the said horse and gig for 801., which, however, was sup posed to be worth about 1201. Thus affairs remained, Mrs. Lachin in rightful possession of the horse and gig, until about three weeks since, the prisoner took it into his head to pay Mrs. Lachin a friendly visit at her house in Piccadilly, and still having a strong hankering after his old horse and gig, he told Mrs. Letitia a very plausible rigmarole story about bow he wanted to go down to Blackheath that day, in something of a stylish and comfortable manner, upon business of considerable importance, &c., until he so bothered Mrs. Lachin that she consented to lend him the horse and gig for the day, to take him to Blackheath, on the condition on his word of honour to return them safe and sound, at farthest the next morning, but if possible, the same night. Night and morning came, and many successive nights and mornings since, hut Mrs. Lachin saw or heard nothing of the prisoner, or of the horse and gig, until about a week ago she learned by accident, that the pri soner was sojourning at the house of a Mrs. Wheatley, No. 16, Queen-street, Brompton, but that he was unaccompanied there by any thing in the shape of a ,horse and gig. Mrs. Lachin, how ever, sent a person to Brompton to make some civil inquiries of the pritioner after her property, or how he might have been pleas ed to dispose of it ; but the Moment he was informed that a per som from Mrs. Lachin wished to speak a word with him, he took a flying leap.out of a two-pair back window, and escaped across the country with the fleetness of a hind. Mrs. Lachin now began to think move seriously about her horse and gig, and came to this office, and obtained a warrant to apprehend the prisoner upon a charge of converting the property to his own use. The warrant was placed in the hands of Schofield, the officer, who proceeded yes terday morning to the same ho use at Brom p ton, and was just in time for breakfast with the prisoner, whom he found luxuri a ti ng sousee avuen n erdfy oorlei coffee, teopwr eev ceremony,g:d theuP h e officer quitted the house, n made ° Inu ffi &c. in the drawing-room. Af ter his business known to the pri soner , on him to accompany him to this o ffi ce. Mrs. Wheatley, the landlady, told him that she really did not know very well whi c h gs to be, most pleased or displeased at losing her lodger, inasmuch as he already was in her debt about 701. Mrs. Lachin's son attended yesterday to sanction the detention ' of the prisoner. Mr. Boa, the Magistrate, asked the. prisoner if he wished to Bay any t hi ng , or to give any account of Mrs. Lachin's horse and g ig, but he replied, that he would prefer, maintaining a perfect taciturnity upon the subject for the present, and positively re fused to say one word about the horse or gig. He was then re mended for further examination on a future day ; but Mr. Roe informed him that he would admit him t o h a il if he could pro cure two responsible Penton); to, bail him in 1001. each. The priaoner said he did not doubt but Mrs. Wheatley would bail him for one, and he actually sent a note to her in the course of the day for that purpose, in the mean time he was locked up. POOR RATES. • The Select Committee appointed to consider .of the several Returns made to - the Order .of the House •in 1825, relative to the Sums assessed, levied, and ex pended, on account of the Poor in England and Wales; and to ,reptrt an Abstract of the same; together •with their Observations theieon, to the House ; and: to whom the Report which, upon the 20th . day , of,May in the last session of Parliament, was made-frontthe Select Committee on Poor Returns, was referredl. , have, pursuant to the Order of the House, considered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report : The amount of the Poor Rates levied in the year ending on the 25th of March, T 825, was 6,972,3231., being more than that in the preceding year by 135,8181., and also rather more than the sum levied in the year 1822-3, but less than that levied in former years, since 1912-13, with the exception of 1815-16, which it exceeds by a small sum only. These comparisons refer to the total sums levied, including county rates and other charges not appertaining to the poor. Thee other charges scarcely differ in amount from the ave rage of the last three years, namely, rather more than 1,200,0001. The expenditure upon the poor only, in 1821-5, was 5,786,9911., and exceeds, in a small proportion, that of each of the two years last preceding. The expenditure has not increased in all the counties. .It has increased in twenty-three in Englund, and eleven in Wales ; it has decreased in nineteen iu England, and one in Wales. The highest increase is in Carnarvon, where it is IS per cent. Of the English counties, the increase is greatest in Buckingham , where it is nine per cent. Tke increase is below one per cent. in Cornwall, Lincoln, Norfolk, and Shropshire. The greatest de crease is eight per cent. in Rutland ; in Westmorland it is below one per cent. All the counties in which the Poor Rates had increased last year exhibit an increase this year also, with the exception of Suffolk and Warwick; and in addition, there has been an in crease in Bucks, Cornwall, Cumberland, Gloucester, Pere ford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northamp ton, Salop, Somerset, Worcester, Anglesey, Brecon, and Mont- gomery. Of the counties in which there was a decrease last year, Ches ter, Devon, Derby, Durham, Kent, Leicester, Moutnotith,Nor th " timberland, Nottingham, Rutland, Stafford, Surrey, Sussex, West. morland, York, and Glamorgan, still exhibit a decrease. Your Committee have inserted in their Appendix, n confines tion of the several Tables of Comparison, which were added to the Report of last year. It will be found, that notwithstanding a diminution which 101 occurred in each of the last two years, in the Poor's Rates 0 1 Sussex, that county is still the district of England in %ail. the expenditure bears the highest proportion to the n umber . ° the people ; and Lancaster is still at the opposite extrem it Y of the scale. May I, 1826. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bernd in the Metropolis, is 9id• (° , o , r the 41b . loaf—there are ethers who *ell Irmo a lialtpolni twopence halfpenny below that sate. 5. New English R. Clo s re E r i , :i p ) :i ' ut 1 t 8 . Y .. 1 44s 56s 635--fifir 701 Old Ditto - New Foreign ditto 4Os 661 581—fine 60$ Old ditto ditto 'ISA :its 45s—fine 0* New Whiteditto ... 6os 64; 606.—fine 7g, Old ditto 154 401 444--line 481 New Trefoil :: bier cwt 40s 95, 08s--fwe 301 Old ditto fis 144 -204--(111C ills New Ribgrass Old ditto 20s 254 tlis.--lit)c ""*. English Carraway Sec& 294 As--lifiv --' —1 Foreign ditto:. - 274 3-2 s --4—(ine --. Coriander do. 165 Oil se—fine --s -- 1 St.Foilt....pet iii 485 60,-1 ti4s !Ile-Gross ... ig 5 ehs--inie 28s ....-0 Pacey ditto a 6. dos--fine 44 5 ---* Linseed fur feeding . 3.1 s 384 —lint: 40 Ditto, lot crushing .. 8(3 ii3`..."'fi I" '''*". * Canary Seed le --, ‘VICile 'Mustard Seed. p rr bushel.. • • 1 " 18 ' ..--411 Brown ditto : ........ . . 1.14 ...... 15, 18i 011---tfor 201 20 ,....h0tt --s Turnip Seeds .. Tares 3, 0d_615.„.61-4ese hr 14 ii ..... j Hav e gyred it 6d , er 1;t0 111 HOPS, per CO, ib . l 15 . Kent Pockets Lll Elicx Pockets' Fai olimo hoe 141 Ins to 151 lOs lo 161 ;miler c 14141 1 0 4 i s 1 I 1 , ) , 15 4 1 1 * K t n ' Us to .20 Ot—Sreomis, HA O to 1 111 :44 . ts Es s e x 11.sgs Esse.% Hags, l3l lOs to 151 Os to 0 per ;11 141 ns to Ihl 1 14 5' s t t t :p 1 1 7 :1 lOOss Ppeerr:csn. ILA W 1111)1•;. pellitisdidlilie:es.r.s.&2:o47•l7.:::r.s:: t i 01,:tin::::.r,........1,::::: toTitliso°3 , -, oi 2s 64 its es 8.: hi.trit •I C - il i •.,.," • • 'O. ( ' 1 ' • SHEEP SKINS• i t 04 03 -.. 4 t .01-1 to - 4i 9i i S heading.; .. 0 4 7' . .11 , od. "' ((II li ;"" 9.1 I Lamb" ........ ['until 1)owlie 50 to stillis t e ll a t e l l e s soti Butts,p I 11V ..... 19.1 1') fig , ! F. o r • LEATII i%I I • Ditto s rio to ti6ll►s each - v . •. iqil I" , Rest Dressing Hides ''''''''''''''''''''' 1411 to ) 5 ", Common Hides '''''''''' ''''''''''' •'' 7 ''''''' Gil 10 1141 Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ihs for ctit . ti;nr . ''''''' 14d I° 15 `" Ditto.... , 40 to 4516 s '''''''' • ....-d I" ' - o d d 1- 11110 .... 46 to 50Ihs '''''''''''''''''''' 15(1 to A ' -- Cstlfskins..t.ti to 4011 is ' • ''''''''''''''''''' Ilitl 1 0 ",, "to 50 to - tabs '' - '''''''''''''''''''' 24t1 I" el'. I)ittu ' 7 0 11l 'Bolb,, ' ied to 93 T Small Seals (Greenlon4) ''''''''''''''' 1: '''''''' 1 ,,i to 2°, Largeditto ''''' ....d to ''"°,' Tantied Horse Hides ' •'t4 l I" " i d ' Swinish Hor4e Hides -' 1211 to 1!„.. rte, lice. per Yellow Soap ......... " 9 0. litt let; ................ (turd ................. 4zioj G, are' . . ......... 0 4 Good Dregs ......... HUCK!: 0.1."rt1 UMW , so% Town Tallow 87s od od Yellow Russia 84s tit! —s White ditto.. atts (1,1 —s Soap ditto—, —S ad Melting Stun . gRs —s Od Ditto Rough.. —s ad ...., ad PRICE 01 CANDLES, EltnslT viAt,p.ti Price of (:,,t u lles, irvr dozen, IN 6d Ft 8 st) per olto/ett allowed tor Itatty rottcY• PRICE OF It A W FAT, per Stone of , ('rice taa clAted liv thr Tittlow . . , .-- , - - - - --.........._ - Adair's, Ms 3d—lleauniont, 27s Cal —Felling .(11,r;;,_33.1" COAL MARKET, MAT 15. , 1 Ilfr, Heaton. 3 4 s' Gd-:—Liebburn Main, 34.-llnTywell,' ‘' 11,V delraMain,2Ba 6d—old Walker, 311, tki-,—Ortt's Real% 0d... —Pontop IVindsor, 304-Townley, 30s—•Willingto,,,11, 1 14 a l; ,, WYlarn, 30% &L.-Walls End hell and Co. 33S 9(1 .-- L ','; Wat? Ilewieke and CO. 361 - 3d—Walls End Green's , 315 4 c i t End Walker. 7.3 s iici—lletton's small, End Newmatcli, 34s—Walls E n d ',meth, 3,2*1i:t......011$ I.nd Riddell'l:, 3SK 64—WallA End Roasell's 3 5411 0 141 4a ' 33s—Pelaw Trader 32,1--IValls End Stewart's art l v .ol., firni Lyon, mixed, 3.S—'Small Coal, I6s 6d—Larnbtell : ‘ ,', l ii, fin' small, 17s 64 Cowpen, 29a fid—Huriley, 30s . 61.1-- - " : 34 13( 1 ,': 1 Elgin, :3(6—Fawcett Main, il Main' s ' 'OP" Walls End lietton, 36s lid to 37s—Walk boa I•yon, L ".' KO' —Walls End Lanibtnn, 37a._—Walls 1.. d stewot.bir,sro!, Russell's lietton's.Walls End, 3ti:i 61.--Shipi 0 102—Ships sold. 701—Unsold, 31i. j 6s—li WO r ii u leli'l - - —..--;----'"----- th , o BIRTH. of Pour 0. the 12th inst., the lady of Frederick Cat" Lodge, Winchmore 11111, Esq. of a son. - abp MARRIED. taers n jr 1-101 On the 13th inst., at Henley, Mr. Young, e idot Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, to Ma* ter of Win. Parker, Esq., of Henley-upnn-Tlut____Lnea.2___..--- -.if 01 herOl dn agi elSa Su hE n i da rilz y abelt , Y . the 14th • DIED. m l t 4 l i i n t e h g ; i • t i l a fe s t t o C :f a a A t P l h r ic a . niiiiiistitBeory:‘,Dillsoorbtio:7o„,...l,,i; bola hots illness, Joseph Frederick Simon, Esq. in the 65tIt Year "" ;O r Yesterday morning, at Lee, Kent, after a short 0110 4 A t, Joseph Smith, of the firm of Smith Edwards,' an d C°.' church-lane, in his 54th year. JO" On the 14th inst., aged 15, Maria, datigliter of , m •- r • Grant, of Chespside. On. Friday, the 12th inst. , at ' Kennington,- • Ph Hobbs, R. N. id OA At Caen, in France, an the 6th of May, Ilenrielts,noty of John Falkner Ambrose, of Mount Ambrose, EAT* ' - , 1 Dublin, and youngest daughter of the Dee. Dr.: IVO Long Stowe Hall, in . the Cotinty of Cgoolsrislge. ap,...............r LieUtellant , Printed: and Published 11 11 141.2 , OUN(1, st the. o. Y Strand.